Chapter 1/2 Flashcards
The nature and intensity have 3 important determinants. Which are..
Magnitude of the changes
Capacity of the patient
The ability of medical assistance
Magnitude of changes
Patient and family members in their day-to-day activities and in the way to help one another.
Optimize the health and well-being of patient
Capacity of patient
Parents, spouses, and other family members are said to be the primary support, and their ability to meet the need of the patient is often confounded by the distress that illness generates in other family members.
The ability of medical assistance
Support with people of chronic disease can mitigate or exacerbate the stress of illness
Emotional desolation
Feeling alone or left out for months, years
Perspective of vulnerability
Unpredictable-usually have irreversible or undesirable consequences. Occurs when the family least expects Rely-flattering resources Result-family is out at emotional risk Experience-disoriented
Initial impact
First reaction to encountering a sudden, severe and unexpected trauma.
Shock
Immediately following the onset
Anxiety
Reacts in a panic stricken fashion immediately following shock
Defense mobilization
Regroups of the defenses to combat the traumas devastating impact
Bargaining
Denial
Bargaining
Expected to recover by bargaining with god
Denial
Patients retreats from the painful realization
Stages of disability
Initial realization-reality of trauma is being proceed and set for reality
Mourning and depression-mourning focuses on loss, depression focuses on general
Internalized anger-blaming themselves
- Stage of disability- Retaliation
Rebilous against fate
- Reintegration
Where people accept the disability and acknowledge it
